Many predators lurk in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but the so-called disco clam has a flashy defense mechanism — a spectacular light show — to scare away potential threats.

A clam squirted water in a defensive response as a forager attempted to pry it open. Footage shows a woman using a small rock to shuck the mollusc, which was tightly attached to a rock in Shan ...

The bright color is due to, in part, peptide-like compounds that may be slightly noxious and unpalatable to predators. The combination of red color and flashing display could be warning predators that ...

A digging robot inspired by the unique mechanisms employed by the Atlantic razor clam has been created by a group of researchers in the US. The robot, dubbed RoboClam, is able to dig with extreme ...

Possible mechanisms that explain the clam assemblage's stability are related to the dynamics of food webs -- the same mechanisms operating in food webs today. In one mechanism, ...

Gender and the rules governing reproduction are not written in stone. There is no one correct way to propagate a species. Take, for instance, the softshell clam. Right now, in the waters off the ...

Then the harvester simply follows the hose down into the sand and snags the clam. “A good harvester is getting a geoduck about every 10 seconds,” says Pinchot. At this point, they’re about 1.25 pounds ...

Many predators lurk in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but the so-called disco clam has a flashy defense mechanism — a spectacular light show — to scare away potential threats ...

A digging robot inspired by the unique mechanisms employed by the Atlantic razor clam has been created by a group of researchers in the US. The robot, dubbed RoboClam, is able to dig with extreme ...